Thunderstorm Wind — Mcintosh, Georgia

2015-07-23 · near Belleview Pt, Mcintosh, Georgia

Event narrative

McIntosh County dispatch reported a tree down on Minton Road near the intersection with Shelman Bluff Road.

Wider weather episode

A stationary cold front was positioned to the north with a weak area of low pressure along it. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms developed in the mid to late afternoon hours within a very unstable airmass. The thunderstorms were aided by the presence of a shortwave trough aloft and 15-20 knots of bulk shear. The thunderstorms produced numerous reports of damaging wind gusts across southeast Georgia.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 594121. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.